Lutterworth: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Lutterworth is a town in the Harborough district of Leicestershire England with a population of around 10,000. The town is located in southern Leicestershire, roughly 7 miles (11 km) north of Rugby, in Warwickshire and roughly 20 miles (30 km) south of Leicester.

Lutterworth has two main claims to fame:

Firstly, the 14th century religious reformer Canon John Wyclif was Rector in Lutterworth's Parish Church of St. Mary between 1374 and 1384, and it was here that he produced the first ever translation of the Bible from Latin into English.

Lutterworth's other main claim to fame is that Frank Whittle, inventor of the jet engine, developed some of the world's first jet engines here, and in Rugby, during the late 1930s and the 1940s. The engine for the UK's first jetplane the Gloster E28/39 was produced in Lutterworth

In the days of Mail-coaches Lutterworth was an important staging post on the road to Leicester. The town has several half-timbered houses and an 18th-century bridge spanning the River Swift in a series of three arches. Stanford Hall is nearby.

Lutterworth lies on the A426 Leicester-Rugby road, adjacent to the M1 motorway, and close to the A5. The town was formerly served by the main line of the Great Central Railway; however, since the closure of this line in the 1960s the nearest railway station is now at Rugby. Just to the west of the town is a large industrial estate called "Magna Park", which is the main employer in the town.